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Second Harvest Heartland is working to end hunger through   community partnerships.
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The St Peter Food Access Network is a community coalition that worked together to bring about a free produce distribution and new bus route to accommodate community members seeking fresh, healthy produce at Fresh Food Fridays this summer. They served 218 households this month!
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Julia Dinsmore will be the keynote speaker at SHH’s Food Partner Conference. Her book jacket states,“her riveting stories, songs, and poems reveal what it is like to be poor in America. Articulate, clear-visioned, and endowed with a marvelous sense of justice and humor.” You don’t want to miss this opportunity to hear her speak.


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Food Shelf
ACBC Food Shelf recently went through the SuperShelf transformation and found it’s a lot more than just new produce displays, fresh paint and reorganization. They state that families have greater ability to choose the foods they want and the food shelf has been able to shift ordering habits. Don’t forget the SuperShelf grant closes Aug. 31!

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Curious about volunteer trends in Minnesota? MAVA has released a preliminary report based on a survey of 239 volunteer leaders in April 2018.


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The Food Rescue team welcomes Lorne Petkau the new Food Rescue Specialist covering the west metro and north-west central part of the service area.


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In the News
Sheridan Story Starts Summer Meal Program
Community Comes Together in Frogtown
A Neighbor to Neighbor Approach to Hunger
Helping Students with Hidden Costs of College
Native American Food Staple Threatened by Climate Change
Be a Banner Agency! Submit a photo of your program and we’ll feature it in the YARN banner above. You may also include a one sentence fun fact or statistic about your program. Send pictures or questions to your Account Specialist or agencies@2harvest.org.

Pictured above is the sign from the St Peter Fresh Food Friday distribution. In July and August the distribution has served over 400 households.
 
Important Dates & Reminders
Agency Orientation
Every other month. Train new staff, volunteers or board members.
SuperShelf Grant Deadline
Aug 31
Don’t miss this great opportunity
SHH Closed for Labor Day
Sept 3
No deliveries, pick—ups or shopping
SHH Closed
Sept 13
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SHH’s Food Partner Conference
Sept 24
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